>>Hi Everyone.
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>>I have a VFP 3.0b app that at different times, sets up some DDE conversations with a couple of 16 bit applications. When I issue the QUIT command for the DDE server app, under windows 95 I get a GPF. This does not occur under windows 3.1. Is there anything that I can do to change thsi ugly behavior under windows 95? I cannot replace these 16 bit server apps with 32 bit ones because the app has to be able to run on both platforms for about the next year.
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>>TIA.
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>>Marcia
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>I assume that you're using DDEExecute to tell the application to terminate, and that when it's issued you get the GPF. I think the problem may be caused by the DDE channel being still opened without a server related to it. I'd suggest that you first close the DDE channel, then, using the Windows API, shutdown the application. Unfortunately, I haven't done this.
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>Since the apps are 16 bit, I would assume that you'd use the Win 3.1 API call TerminateApp through RegFN/CallFN. If you need additional help, please post a reply.
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>HTH,
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>George
Hi George.

Thanks for the help. Yes! I do need some additional help to set this up. Are the relevant commands available thru VFP help files? If you tell me what to look up, I'm there. I am curious, though. Why isn't this issue of using DDEExecute to send a quit command cause the GPF under window 3.1?

Are you going to be in San Diego tomorrow? If so, maybe I'll see you there!

Thanks again.

MArcia